Felicia Hill-Briggs | |
---|---|
Died | 23 June 2023 |
Academic background | |
Education | BA, Psychology, American University PhD, Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology, 1994, Pennsylvania State University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
Felicia Hill-Briggs was an American behavioral and social scientist.
Hill-Briggs was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of nine. [1] She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from American University and her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Following this,she completed her internship in Medical Consultation and Liaison and Clinical Neuropsychology at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital,followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Geropsychology and Geriatric Neuropsychology at the Polisher Research Institute at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center. [2]
Upon completing her formal education,Hill-Briggs served on the faculty of New York University Medical Center/Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in 1996. [2] During her early tenure at JHU,Hill-Briggs published Problem solving in diabetes self-management:A model of chronic illness self-management behavior [3] and Problem Solving in Diabetes Self-management and Control. [4] In 2009,she was the Fullwood Foundation,Inc's Valued Hours Awardee for her professional and community activities in diabetes prevention and care. [5]
As an associate professor of general internal medicine,Hill-Briggs co-developed a diabetes education program that taught low-income,poorly educated diabetics to better manage their disease. [6] She later received a bronze Telly Award for the video DECIDE to Move! Physical Activity for People with Type 2 Diabetes. The video was developed as part of Project DECIDE,a clinical research study on self-management support interventions for urban patients with type 2 diabetes. [7] Later that year,she also received the Nelson Butters Award for the best research paper published in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology for her 2010 article Cranial volume,mild cognitive deficits,and functional limitations associated with diabetes in a community sample. [8]
During her tenure at JHU,Hill-Briggs served as the senior director of Population Health Research and Development for Johns Hopkins HealthCare and a core faculty member of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology and Clinical Research. [9] In 2015,Hill-Briggs was named to the board of directors of the American Diabetes Association [9] and became the 201st woman to be promoted to the rank of full professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. [10] Two years later,Hill-Briggs was elected president of health care and education for the American Diabetes Association. [11]
As a result of her research,Hill-Briggs was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2017. [12] She was also awarded the Rachmiel Levine Medal in recognition of leadership and service to the American Diabetes Association. [13] During the COVID-19 pandemic,Hill-Briggs was awarded $43 million over five years to study the type 2 diabetes epidemic as part of a statewide population health initiative. [14]
Dr. Hill-Briggs died on 23 June 2023. [15]
Self-care has been defined as the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself,to promote health,and actively manage illness when it occurs. Individuals engage in some form of self-care daily with food choices,exercise,sleep,and hygiene. Self-care is not only a solo activity,as the community—a group that supports the person performing self-care—overall plays a role in access to,implementation of,and success of self-care activities.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is the teaching hospital trauma center,neonatal intensive care unit,geriatrics center,and is home to the Johns Hopkins Burn Center,the only adult burn trauma in Maryland,containing about 420 beds. Located in southeast Baltimore City,Maryland,along Eastern Avenue near Bayview Boulevard,it is part of the Johns Hopkins Health System and named after its close proximity to the Chesapeake Bay. Founded in 1773 as an almshouse,it was relocated several times until its now present location in 1866. In 1925,it transitioned into several municipal hospitals,which transferred ownership to Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1984.
Lisa A. Cooper is an American internal medicine and public health physician who is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Equity in Health and Healthcare at Johns Hopkins University,jointly appointed in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and in the departments of Health,Behavior and Society,Health Policy and Management;Epidemiology;and International Health in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the James F. Fries Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine,Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity,and Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. Cooper is also a Gilman Scholar and a core faculty member in the Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology,and Clinical Research. She is internationally recognized for her research on the impact of race,ethnicity and gender on the patient-physician relationship and subsequent health disparities. She is a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). In 2007,she received a MacArthur Fellowship.
The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a commercial product which assesses an individual's knowledge,skill,and confidence for managing one's health and healthcare. Individuals who measure high on this assessment typically understand the importance of taking a pro-active role in managing their health and have the skills and confidence to do so.
Charlotte Jane Sumner is an American neurologist. She is a professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Sumner cares for patients with genetically mediated neuromuscular diseases and directs a laboratory focused on developing treatments for these diseases. She co-directs the Johns Hopkins Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center,the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA),and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) clinics,which deliver multidisciplinary clinical care,engage in international natural history studies,and provide cutting edge therapeutics.
Erin Kathleen Donnelly Michos is an American cardiologist. She is an associate professor of Medicine and Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Michos is also an Associate Faculty of the Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins,and has a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Crystal C. Watkins Johansson is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist and associate professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as the director of the Sheppard Pratt Memory Clinic in Neuropsychiatry in Baltimore,Maryland. Johansson was the first Black female Meyerhoff Scholar to obtain an MD/PhD from the University of Maryland,Baltimore County. During her MD/PhD she developed a novel treatment for gastrointestinal in patients with diabetes that led to a patent for a pharmacological compound in 2000. Johansson is a practicing neuropsychiatrist with a focus on geriatric psychiatry and she conducts brain imaging research as well as research on cancer in African American women.
Sapna Ravi Kudchadkar is an American critical care physician and anesthesiologist. She is a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine,pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2022,she was appointed Vice Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins as well as Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Anne Hunt is an American pediatric intensivist and critical-care specialist. She is the former David S. and Marilyn M. Zamierowski Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center.
Kelly Anne Gebo is an American epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist. She was the inaugural Vice Provost for Education at Johns Hopkins University and served as the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health.
Redonda Gail Miller is an American public health leader. After serving as chief resident,vice chair for clinical operations for the Department of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs,she became the first female president of Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2016.
Michael John Klag is an American internist and epidemiologist. For eight years,he was the Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and was the first Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Josef Coresh is an American epidemiologist. He is the inaugural George W. Comstock Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. Coresh serves as the director of both the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program and the George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Martha Norton Hill is an American nurse. She was the Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing,Medicine,and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Suzanne Louise Topalian is an American surgical oncologist. She is the Bloomberg-Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy in the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In this role,she studies human anti-tumor immunity.
Laura N. Gitlin is an American sociologist. She is the Dean of the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions.
Tina Lee Cheng is an American pediatrician. In 2020,she was named the Chair of Pediatrics,Chief Medical Officer,and Research Foundation Director of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and was previously Director of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-In-Chief at Johns Hopkins University.
Leigh Ebony Boulware is an American general internist,physician-scientist,and clinical epidemiologist. She is the Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine and chief science officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health. Boulware formerly served as the Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the Duke University School of Medicine.
Sherita Hill Golden is an American physician who is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University. Her research considers biological and systems influences on diabetes and its outcomes. From 2019-2024,she served as the vice president and chief diversity officer. She was elected Fellow of National Academy of Medicine in 2021.
Morgan Erika Grams is an American nephrologist. She is the Co-Director of the Division of Precision Medicine,and the Susan and Morris Mark Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Langone Health.